Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Optical fiber ferrules incorporating a glass faceplate and methods of fabricating the same
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Application No.: US16556750Application Date: 2019-08-30
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Publication No.: US10809472B2Publication Date: 2020-10-20
- Inventor: Ulrich Wilhelm Heinz Neukirch , Wesley Allan Yates
- Applicant: CORNING OPTICAL COMMUNICATIONS LLC
- Applicant Address: US NC Charlotte
- Assignee: Corning Optical Communications LLC
- Current Assignee: Corning Optical Communications LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US NC Charlotte
- Agent Grant A. Gildehaus
- Main IPC: G02B6/42
- IPC: G02B6/42 ; G02B6/38

Abstract:
Embodiments of the present disclosure are directed to hybrid optical fiber ferrules and methods of fabricating the same. In one embodiment, an optical fiber ferrule includes a glass faceplate, a plastic body molded about the glass faceplate, and at least one fiber through-hole extending through the plastic body. In another embodiment, a method of fabricating an optical fiber ferrule includes disposing a glass faceplate within a die comprising at least one fiber die pin, an injecting the die with plastic to form a plastic body such that the glass faceplate is embedded within the plastic body, wherein the at least one fiber die pin defines at least one fiber through-hole. Other materials with suitable coefficients of thermal expansion may be used for the faceplates of the fiber optic ferrules according to the concepts disclosed.
Public/Granted literature
- US20190384024A1 OPTICAL FIBER FERRULES INCORPORATING A GLASS FACEPLATE AND METHODS OF FABRICATING THE SAME Public/Granted day:2019-12-19
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